Win Bassett

December 11, 2012 |

From Jeans to What Craft Beer Means

Back in November, I attended a CreativeMornings session in Raleigh, North Carolina. CreateMornings is “TED talks for the everyday.” The Raleigh chapter held its third session about a month ago, and the meeting featured Victor and Sarah Lytvinenko of Raleigh ...

December 7, 2012 |

The Session #70: Beyond the Hype

The Session is “an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single topic.” David of Good Morning… hosts this month’s Session, number seventy:...

November 2, 2012 |

The Session #69: The Perfect Beer World

The Session is “an opportunity once a month for beer bloggers from around the world to get together and write from their own unique perspective on a single topic.” Jorge of Brew Beer And Drink It hosts this month’s Session, ...

November 1, 2012 |

Barley and Beans Linked in More Ways Than One

Last Friday, some of the All About Beer Magazine team went to a tasting where, amongst other characteristics, we discussed aroma, flavor and body. We heard phrases that included “bitter,” “chocolate,” “roasty,” “stone fruit” and “toast,” and we learned about ...

October 18, 2012 |

Beer Writers Behind Closed (Pub) Doors

Other than sporadic occasions at beer festivals or judging sessions where beer writers may run into a handful of their colleagues, they rarely have the opportunity to enjoy each other’s company in large groups, away from the hustle and bustle ...

October 15, 2012 |

GABF Fresh Hop Ale, Brought to You by the Letter “C”

The perennial beer event of the year in the United States, the Great American Beer Festival (“GABF”), took place last week in Denver, CO. In addition to a half-week of traditional festival sessions, meals curated around beer at area restaurants ...

September 20, 2012 |

Anything But the Blues in this Brewgrass

From noon to seven last Saturday, beer and bluegrass lovers from across the country descended upon craft beer’s favorite child at the moment—Asheville, NC—to enjoy the sixteenth annual Brewgrass festival. Though the event lasted for the good part of a ...

September 11, 2012 |

Put BeerAdvocate’s Belgian Beer Fest on Your List

The Boston Center for the Arts’ Cyclorama (best venue name ever) in the South End neighborhood of the city wasn’t filled with a hot post-modern art exhibit or packed for a comedy about the life of Andrew Jackson, “who kicked ...

August 27, 2012 |

Pilsner Urquell Knows How to Celebrate a Birthday in Style

Attempting to replicate a commercially brewed beer is a tall order for a homebrewer, and the task doesn’t become easier when that beer happens to be not only a member of a particularly delicate style, but also the beer that ...

August 15, 2012 |

Spending Time in the Saddle and on the Stool

“Sometimes, it’s all about the bike. Sometimes it’s all about the beer. But more often these days, it’s about both,” reports The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, WA, this past week. Like beer and running, the intersection of beer and cycling has ...